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- Boy That Never Seen a Fraid
- Tales--Kentucky; Jack Tales--Kentucky; Folk Tales--Kentucky; Boy That Never Seen a Fraid; Storytelling--Appalachian Region; Saylor, Don;
- Tale told by Don Saylor at Hyden Elementary School in Leslie County, Kentucky and recorded by Leonard Roberts 10-10-49.
- Berea College
- Pikeville College Diary of a Flood
- newspapers; floods; disasters; college towns; colleges
- This is a special edition paper printed by Pikeville College in the aftermath of the Flood of 1977. While its purpose was to seek funding for the college after the crisis, this paper also relates first-hand accounts of the flood and how it...
- University of Pikeville
- The Old Regular Baptist
- Religion; Religious events; newspapers
- This is a newspaper printed by the Old Regular Baptists at Millstone, Kentucky. This is volume 2, whole number 20, number 8, and was printed in September 1925. It has letters, editorial, and obituaries.
- University of Pikeville
- Workin'
- Social life
- Roan Mountain resident's account of working on a farm and in various mines as a young man.
- Lees-McRae College
- Who's Going To Stay With My Baby-O, While My Wife Has Gone to Georgia
- Banjos; Guitars;
- Cecil Thompson plays a banjo tune with Buddy playing guitar for Kip Lornell in one of their homes in Glen Lyn, Virginia. Buddy used to play music in his younger days with 'Uncle' Henry Reed.
- Ferrum College
- Fly Around My Pretty Little Gal
- Pianos; Fiddle music; Singing;
- Hobart Smith, an accomplished fiddle and banjo player from Saltville, Virginia, plays a fiddle tune on the piano while singing. This is a compilation showing the prevalence of piano music in the Blue Ridge.
- Ferrum College
- My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean
- Radio; Swing music;
- The Sons of the Pioneers perform live over Roanoke Country Radio station WDBJ. This is an example of the western swing, and cowboy music influence in the Appalachian region. The Texas Troubadours of Roanoke, emulated the popular sounds of the Sons...
- Ferrum College
- Lover's Farewell
- Folk songs
- Words to a traditional love song, as sung in the mountains of Western North Carolina.
- Lees-McRae College
- Highland Wedding
- Missionaries
- Author's description of a wedding in the Appalachian Mountains.
- Lees-McRae College
- Dear Sister (Oct. 14, 1862)
- Civil War; Correspondence
- A letter from Watson Bunten to his sister, purportedly Sirene Bunten, written from Fort Pickering, Memphis, Tennessee.
- West Virginia Wesleyan College
- Hatcher Hotel 8/20
- hotels; sayings; rural areas
- Mr. Hatcher spent time writing sayings and stories about local history and folk lore on the walls of his hotel. The Hatcher Hotel was located on Main St. in Pikeville, KY.
- University of Pikeville
- Hatcher Hotel 19/20
- hotels; sayings; rural areas
- Mr. Hatcher spent time writing sayings and stories about local history and folk lore on the walls of his hotel. The Hatcher Hotel was located on Main St. in Pikeville, KY.
- University of Pikeville
- Founding of Lindsey Wilson College
- Lindsey Wilson College
- Lindsey Wilson College
- Working Tan Bark
- Social life
- Roan Mountain resident's account of working with tanning bark as a young man.
- Lees-McRae College
- Preaching the Gospel to the Poor
- Missions
- Describes a missionary's visit to a congregation in the Appalachian Mountains.
- Lees-McRae College
- I Heard My Mother Call My Name in Prayer
- Radio Programs--Kentucky; Gospel Music--Kentucky; Gospel Musicians--Kentucky; Southern Gospel Singers; Martin, Ernest; I Heard My Mother Call My Name in Prayer;
- Song sung by Ernest Martin on his radio program, "Highway to Heaven" that he recorded in 1968 for broadcast on various radio stations in central and eastern Kentucky.
- Berea College
- Tonight I'm Thinking of My Blue Eyes
- Fiddle music; Fannin, Glen; Tonight I'm Thinking of My Blue Eyes;
- Fiddle tune played by Glen Fannin (formerly of Magoffin County, Kentucky), recorded by Bruce Greene in North Fairfield, Ohio, on 04/02/77
- Berea College
- See My Girl Later
- Fiddle music; Walker, Sammy; See My Girl Later;
- Fiddle tune played by Sammy Walker and accompanied by Nell Walker Fernandez, recorded by Bruce Greene in Summer Shade, Kentucky, on 02-06-76
- Berea College
- Veteran's Cane
- Methodist churches; Clergy;
- History of WV Methodists who have received the Conference Cane, "awarded to men of age and long years of service ... almost always awarded to the oldest man who has given his life for a worthy cause."
- West Virginia Wesleyan College
- July 17, 1862 Letter from Mary Hervey to her sister
- Civil War; Family; Horseback riding; Hotels
- This is a letter written by Mary Hervey to her sister. The letter was written in Cumberland Maryland. It mentions that General Kelly, who was married to one of the Goshorn daughters, was staying in the same hotel as Mrs. Hervey. The letter also...
- Wheeling Jesuit University